ADTRAN Express 3010 Manual page 7

The Load Number (LN) assigned to each terminal device denotes the
percentage of the total load to be connected to a telephone loop which
is used by the device, to prevent overloading. The termination on a
loop may consist of any combination of devices subject only to the re-
quirement that the total of the Load Numbers of all devices does not
exceed 100.
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